EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Iron Science Teacher: Hot Dogs (webcast)

Running Time:
1:08:10

Watch as Exploratorium staff and local teachers compete for the title of Iron Sscience Teacher. Each contestant has ten minutes to make a science lesson out of a secret ingredient.

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: March 15, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica Fractals with Benoit Mandelbrot (webcast)

Running Time:
0:46:48

In 1963 Benoit Mandelbrot introduced the fractal concept. Fractals are shapes or behaviors that have similar properties at all levels of magnification. Just as the sphere is a concept that unites raindrops, basketballs and Mars, so fractal is a concept that unites clouds, coastlines, plants and strange attractors. Dr. Mandelbrot dropped in for a visit during our 2001 series of webcasts about Antarctica. We took some time out from the freezing cold to interview him.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 14, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Mathematics

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Live Penguins! (webcast)

Running Time:
0:27:29

In today's webcast, California Academy of Science's Pam Schullar talks about her work with penguins and answers audience questions.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 9, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology

Origins: Hubble: Last Stop Before Space (webcast)

Running Time:
0:54:27

The first-ever live event inside the NASA clean room, where space hardware is being prepared for the Hubble Space Telescope. We'll get dressed in "bunny suits" to explore the room and show you the activities of engineers and scientists getting ready for the next Hubble servicing mission in November.

Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All

Date: April 23, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Origins: Hubble: Making Sense of What Hubble Gives Us (webcast)

Running Time:
0:38:20

Hubble's pictures have changed our understanding of the galaxy. Here we meet scientists who show us how their images have led to new discoveries, then check in on our own imaging project and track its progress.

Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All

Date: April 21, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Origins: Hubble: Getting Time on the Telescope (webcast)

Running Time:
0:54:09

How much time does an astronomer need to get that great picture? We'll talk with scientists about how they determine their experiments, and learn what it takes to make their case for a few minutes of the telescope's time.

Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All

Date: April 20, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Try This!: Try This! With Paul Doherty and Friends: Dr. Yoji Takikawa (webcast)

Running Time:
00:20:06

Dr. Paul Doherty scours the globe for the world's greatest science demonstrations. Here he partners with Dr. Yoji Takikawa of the International Christian School in Tokyo. Dr. Takikawa creates at least one new activity every month and has published over 25 books of science activities. Watch this webcast, follow the links to the 'recipes,' then try it yourself!

Project: Try This! With Paul Doherty and Friends | Browse All

Date: March 8, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Educational Outreach Programs: Aim High Program's Groovy Disco Science (webcast)

Running Time:
0:20:52

The Science Summer 2000 workshop explored the science of disco mirror balls, tie dye, lasers, and other things that made the 1970s so happening and far-out.

Project: Educational Outreach Programs | Browse All

Date: July 25, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Science of Chocolate: Sweet Science of Chocolate (webcast)

Running Time:
2:19:31

Visit a chocolate factory and learn how to make chocolate candles! Host Sedge Thomson talks with chocolatiers, chefs, and scientists about the history and science of this intoxicating food.

Project: Sweet Science of Chocolate | Browse All

Date: February 14, 1999
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

West Coast Live: West Coast Live: October 10, 1998 (webcast)

Running Time:
1:58:50

This episode of Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live radio show explores the places where science and entertainment intersect. In this broadcast: Singer-songwriter John Gorka; Bert Grant, founder of Grant's Brewery; a view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble; author of "Fisherman's Son" Michael Koepf.

Project: Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live | Browse All

Date: October 10, 1998
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Arts, General Science